No down-to-her bones-Peggy Sue gets her freak on like you did last night, honey.
Learned some things in my life, Duchess, one of the most important, you find a good woman, you take care of her.
You should know, Max and I are fighting and I won’t be speaking to him throughout dinner. I hope that won’t ruin anyone’s night.
See, that’s the beauty of books. We get to take what we want out of them and it can be different for everyone. You get a good one, you may even find what you need.
You should feel free to feel how you want and don’t think of what people think.
His tongue felt good, it tasted good, it was all just good. Not just good. It was better than good. I missed this. I loved kissing and, Lord, did I miss it.
But he didn’t hold me when we slept. We didn’t make love. He didn’t curl his fingers around my breast in the unconscious but still possessive way Max was doing at that very moment.
I couldn’t ignore the fact that it felt good. So. Very. Good. To be held, in bed, in the arms of a tall, strong, handsome man.
He always had a different girlfriend and you could tell they were all easy but a nun would turn easy at one look at Luke.
Something that made you believe there was a God but he didn’t make miracles. He created beings and gave them the power to make miracles, miracles both great and small.
I remembered he terrified me. And there was reason. He was terrifying.
Right, now he was a generous, scary, psychopath who was genius at throwing out compliments however they came and unbelievably arrogant.
Now he knew that he’d never miss these moments and he’d always feel that beautiful pain because he’d always understand how precious they were.
Hawk and his band of not-so-merry men.
Fraking phenomenal.
Possessiveness was hot. A man who staked his claim, marked his territory. It wasn’t about lack of trust. It was about belonging to someone. It was about them having pride in that and wanting everyone to know it, especially you.
You back a man in a corner, you gotta bear the consequences when he does what he has to do to fight his way out.
Well, maybe you should tell me before you get angry at me for doing something I didn’t know you didn’t want me to do. And maybe when you get angry you’ll find a way to let me know you are without being a total jerk.
I have vowed to keep you safe, to make it so you never feel fear again, to give you better, and here I stand, with you so close but still holding yourself away, because it was me who failed at giving you all those things.
Luke came out when I slid down the lever on the slice of bread. I heard him moving around but I started at the toaster as if I was certain it would animate and start dancing around like all the stuff in the Beast’s house in that Disney movie and I didn’t want to miss the show.